What Yahoo staff mock draft 2.0 taught us
What Yahoo staff mock draft 2.0 taught us  
Podcast: Yahoo Fantasy Forecast with Matt Harmon
Published On: Thu Jul 30 2026
Description: As fantasy draft season heats up, the Yahoo Fantasy staff completed its latest 15-round, 12-team, half-PPR, 1QB mock draft. Matt Harmon and Justin Boone go round by round, breaking down the best picks, biggest reaches and most interesting values from the Yahoo fantasy staff mock draft 2.0. (3:10) Fantasy Fallout: Ricky Pearsall injury update (11:30) Fantasy Fallout: Panthers rookie WR out for season (15:45) Round 1 takeaways: James Cook selected 1.07 (21:30) Round 2 takeaways: Stacked, you can't go wrong (29:25) Round 3 takeaways: Rashee Rice & Josh Jacobs upside picks (39:00) Round 4 takeaways: RB picks getting riskier  (44:10) Round 5 takeaways: Great WR value (51:30) Round 6 takeaways: RB talent starts to thin out (1:00:40) Round 7 takeaways: No more Jonathon Brooks discount (1:08:50) Round 8 takeaways: WR and QB value  (1:15:45) Round 9 takeaways: Intriguing backup RBs (1:20:00) Round 10 takeaways: Late-round QB strategy pays off (1:24:50) Rounds 11-15  takeaways Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/